The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01

vet boon able TO capture w. B. McCrary
saws at least n dozen calves have been de-
voured by this beast during the past several
months. One calf was found the second
day after its disappearance, and it was al
most completely destroyed. The signs on
the ground where this calf was killed show
that there was a considerable scuttie and the
tracks of the blast of prey showed it to be
of large size-lnuch larger than a dog.
Several parties in that neighborhood have
seen it, but they were so badly frightened
that they could give but vague idea of it.
Gainesville Courunt-American Be
tween 800 and 500 hands have been en-
ployed III the ore banks Of Barlow county,
and the money paid them in wages went
considerably toward swelling our city trade.
This immense amount OF labor is now idle,
all on account ofthe new interstate com
merce law. Mr. Woodward, of New York,
who has long been identified with our min
ing interests and who employed q great
many hands in raising ore, telegraphed to
his superintendent, Mr.. Miles Dobbins, Jr.,
to stop operations until satisfactory rates
could be secured. The rate now to Pitts
burg is nearly 81 30 more on the ton than
formerly. This, Mr. Woodward states,
takes Off most of the profits and he does not
wish to mine the ore simply to enrich the
railroads Other mines in the county have
shut down and unless some relief is had our
mineral interests will surely suffer.
The Gainesville Land Company have set
apart fifty acres of the land, just in the sub
urbs of town, upon which is to be located
the furnaces of the Etowah Iron and Man
ganese Company, and upon which is to be
concentrated every industry Of said COM
pany. The site selected for these works is
most eligibly situated along the line of the
Western and Atlantic railroad. They pro-
pose to run railroad tracks and tramways
from its furnaces and rolling mills through
its mineral properties, which is near and
convenient and most accessible to reach.
The work ON the furnaces is to begin just as
soon as all the details can be completed. The
Etowah Company is TO take large stock in
the land company and are touse every effort
to advance the value of the land of the COM
pany. The Et6wah Company will bring
water for the new city and the iron works
from Stamp creek, which everyone knows
to be pure freestone water.
The young schoolnistress Mt Trenton,
Miss Chidress, is very pretty and bright
and quite "a BELLE A young man from a
neighboring village made a desperate effort
to win her favor, but she dislikes him very
much. A few days ago he began to circu-
late damaging reports about the young la
dy,whicb resulted ia a nice bit Of scandal in
the little town. The stories finally came
to the young ladys ears. Thoroughly
enraged she borrowed shotgun,
mounted horse and went in quest OF
her traducer, whom she found in his store
surrounded by large number of his friends.
Cooking both barrels of her shotgun, which
was loaded with buclshot, she pointed it at
his head and said: You villain Ackuowl-
edge before these gentlemen that you have
lied about and slandered me, and that there
is no truth in anything you have said, or
will this instant blow out your brains!o The
young man, amid the mockery of his com
papions, promptly acknowledged all that
was demanded of him. admitting that he
had knowingly slandered the lady, who im-
mediately left, escorted by an admiring
crowd.